Should I Get Firefox 3 For Dial-up?

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Should I Get Firefox 3 For Dial-up?

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Davide View Member Profile	Jul 3 2008, 11:01 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 29-June 05 Member No.: 25,317	I'm currently using AOL's browser---I guess it's called AOL Explorer---because AOL is my ISP. I read Walter Mossberg (from the Wall St. Journal) on the Web saying that Firefox 3 is really great, even for a dial-up situation. Two questons: Approximately how long would it take to download it? (I already have Firefox 2, which I rarely use.) Would Web pages really load faster (than AOL Explorer) if I use Firefox 3?

nigglesnush85 View Member Profile	Jul 4 2008, 06:23 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 4,047 Joined: 7-January 07 From: UK Member No.: 105,123	Hello Davide, Approximately how long would it take to download it? The file is 7MB. I haven't used dialup in a long time, but from what I can remember it should take around 3 hours (i think) Would Web pages really load faster (than AOL Explorer) if I use Firefox 3? There have been many improvements to the geko rendering engine that allow pages to be loaded quicker. If you nave the noscript add-on installed it will filter out the adverts which will increase performance even more. -------------------- Regards Alan

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